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<span class="top">The Book of Zephaniah</span><HR NOSHADE>
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<td class="v">3:1</td>
<td>Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!</td>
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<td class="v">3:2</td>
<td>She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.</td>
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<td class="v">3:3</td>
<td>Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.</td>
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<td class="v">3:4</td>
<td>Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.</td>
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<td class="v">3:5</td>
<td>The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.</td>
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<td class="v">3:6</td>
<td>I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.</td>
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<td class="v">3:7</td>
<td>I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.</td>
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<td class="v">3:8</td>
<td>Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.</td>
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<td class="v">3:9</td>
<td>For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.</td>
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<td class="v">3:10</td>
<td>From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.</td>
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<td class="v">3:11</td>
<td>In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.</td>
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<td class="v">3:12</td>
<td>I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.</td>
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<td class="v">3:13</td>
<td>The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.</td>
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<td class="v">3:14</td>
<td>Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.</td>
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<td class="v">3:15</td>
<td>The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.</td>
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<td class="v">3:16</td>
<td>In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.</td>
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<td class="v">3:17</td>
<td>The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.</td>
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<td class="v">3:18</td>
<td>I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.</td>
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<td class="v">3:19</td>
<td>Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.</td>
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<td class="v">3:20</td>
<td>At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.</td>
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